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Summer School Preview: ‘Zine Your Thesis

May 28, 2025May 27, 2025Leave a comment

This week, guest blogger Dr Iain Taylor shares the curious intersection between 'zine-making and cultivating academic arguments...

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Archiving as You Go Along: The (Un)expected Performativity of Documenting the PhD

May 21, 2025May 27, 2025Leave a comment

Many PhD researchers decide to document their PhD research, but what about the PhD journey itself? This week, Emma shares how she's capturing #phdlife through a durational digital performance she calls 'Snippets of a PhD'...

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Introducing Emma Dorfman, SGSAH’s New Resident Blogger

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025Leave a comment

This week, new resident blogger Emma Dorfman introduces herself as an interdisciplinary researcher and self-proclaimed theatre nerd who is no stranger to putting down new roots time and time again...

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Beyond the Thesis: Engaging Ways to Share Your Research

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025Leave a comment

If you’re looking for practical tips and inspiration on how to share your research—whether beyond your supervisory team or outside the academic sphere altogether—read on!

How do I survive … my PhD supervisors? 

July 24, 2024Leave a comment

In this week’s blog, Meike van Lit shares her advice on how to coordinate an interdisciplinary team, how to make the transition from Master's degree to PhD, and, more importantly, how to survive your PhD supervisors!

Writing Retreat with a Beat: Harmonising Productivity and Creativity 🎵🎶 

July 8, 2024July 5, 2024Leave a comment

In this week’s blog, guest author Eneida García Villanueva shares her reflections on organising and running a series of online writing retreats, and the surprising power of music to help you find your writing groove.  

Enhancing Your Voice: Reflections on Social-Justice Informed Voice Training 

June 25, 2024Leave a comment

In this week's blog, Adam Nasser Benmakhlouf and Marta Duran Arranz reflect on the SGSAH workshop, Speak and Be Heard. They talk about the practicalities of organising the workshop, the emotional experience of attending, and the importance of having a so-called Good Voice.

The Practical Side of an Archive: Archiving Agnes Owens

June 12, 2024Leave a comment

In this week's blog, guest author Laura MacDonald shares her experience of doing a partnership PhD, working to develop a new archive as well as researching for her thesis.

Back to Basics: Feedback and Confidence Beyond the Red Pen

March 18, 2024Leave a comment

In this blog Beth Price shares her advice for dealing with critical feedback on your work, and keeping your self-motivation and self-confidence up in the face of negative comments. 

Back to Basics: How to Read Academic Papers

February 19, 2024February 26, 2024Leave a comment

In this article, resident blogger Beth Price shares her top tips on how to read research papers effectively, prepare for your literature review, and not freak out.  By the time you sign up for any post-graduate study, let alone a PhD, you will have read so many papers and cited so many books that you … Continue reading Back to Basics: How to Read Academic Papers

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